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Re:Feds tell web firms to turn over user passwords by jgeerts on Friday July 26, 2013 @06:01AM (#6107394)
This is a whole other thing, this is a single users password, I think in the article they are talking about every user's password, correct me if I'm wrong.

And even then, a password should be encrypted. If there is a court order to reveal information, then there has to be a way to get this information rather than sending unencrypted passwords to the government so they can snoop through your mail without even being proven that you are guilty.

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Re:Feds tell web firms to turn over user passwords by Karunamon on Friday July 26, 2013 @01:09PM (#6109212)
>they can snoop through your mail without even being proven that you are guilty.

I must point out, "snooping through your mail" requires probable cause, not proof of guilt (that's for a court to decide).

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